Garment-marker.



M. GOLDBERG.

' GARMENT MARKER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10, 1915.

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MAX GOLDBERG, or new YORK, n. Y.

GARMENT-MARKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

Application filed September 10, 1915. Serial No. 49,918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MAX GOLDBERG, a citizen of the United States, andresident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Markers,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment markers and consists of a gage adaptedto be used in measuring and marking a skirt or similar garment to insureuniformity of length and it consists of a slide adapted to be fitted tothe stem or upright of a dress form or adapted to be supported withinthe garment and to present an adjustable edge along the lower lines ofthe garment on which the chalk marks may be made preparatory to trimmingthe surplus from the skirt. These and other objects and details of theinvention will be more fully explained in the following specification,set forth in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,wherein:

Figure 1, is a perspective view of the device secured to the stem of adress form.

Fig. 2, is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3, is a View showing how the marker is used.

In this class of devices it has heretofore been the custom to set up adevice holding a piece of chalk at a point outside of the skirt and tomove the device around the garment marking it on the outside at a pointidentical with the height of the chalk from the floor.

This method is unsatisfactory, mainly because there is no backing forthe chalk and in the effort to make a mark a straight line is diificult.

The present invention is adapted to be mounted at a central point withinthe skirt, preferably on the stem of the form, and consists of theclamps 5 having a cooperating housing 6 and operated by the thumb screw'7 which may be loosened to move the clamp at the desired point on thestem 8 of the dress form. The clamp comprises the two angular members 5and 6 which are adapted to engage a square or round stem of the usualsize and the screw 7 plays through a plate 9 which may be removed to fitthe clamp about the stem.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for The housing 6 is secured to abar 10 carrying at its outer end a strap 11 through which passes a slide12 having at its inner end the strap 13 which embraces the bar 10 andcarries a set screw 14 adapted to operate against the bar and lock theslide 12 to it.

At the outer end of the slide 12 is a metal plate 15 curved on its outerface and adapted to act as a backing for the chalk as the lower line ofthe skirt is marked.

As will be seen in Fig. 3, after the skirt is placed on the form itslength is determined and the marker is adjusted on the stem 8. With onehand the operator may hold the skirt against the plate 15 while with theother hand he uses the chalk to make the mark, the plate acting as abacking and limiting'the mark to a uniform and straight line. The devicebeing firmly held in place, a clear and distinct line may be tracedaround the skirt at the proper height and the device may be quicklyadjusted for difierent elevations as required.

It is obvious that the parts may be otherwise arranged and modified, orthe clamp may be of any type of clamp without de parting from theessential features above described or from the scope of the appendedclaims.

What I claim as new is:

1. In a garment marker, the combination with a rigid upright supportinga garment, of a bar adapted to be secured to the upright at any desiredheight, an adjustable extension to the arm, and a segmental backingpiece carried at the outer end of the extension and adapted to residewithin the garment.

2. In a garment marker, the combination with an upright adapted tosupport a garment, of a clamp adjustable on the upright, a bar securedto the clamp, an extension slidable on the bar, means for locking theextension at a desired point, and a backing segment at the end of theextension and adapted to be located within the garment on the upright.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York,this 23rd day of August A. D. 1915.

MAX GOLDBERG.

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